southwest /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT The southwest is the direction which is halfway between south and west. 西南 [also 'the' N]

  例：

  ...some 500 kilometres to the southwest of Johannesburg.

  …约翰内斯堡西南约五百公里。

• 2. 

  N-SING The southwest of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southwest. 西南部

  例：

  ...the southwest of France.

  …法国的西南部。

• 3. 

  ADV If you go southwest, you travel toward the southwest. 朝西南方 [ADV after v]

  例：

  We took a plane southwest across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.

  我们乘飞机朝西南方,越过安纳托利亚高原,飞往卡帕多细亚。

• 4. 

  ADV Something that is southwest of a place is positioned to the southwest of it. 在西南方 [ADV 'of' n]

  例：

  It's some 65 miles southwest of Houston.

  它位于休斯敦西南方约六十五英里。

• 5. 

  ADJ The southwest part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southwest. 西南部的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a Labour Day festival in southwest Louisiana.

  …路易斯安那州西南部的一个劳动节庆祝活动。

• 6. 

  ADJ A southwest wind is a wind that blows from the southwest. (风) 来自西南方的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Then the southwest wind began to blow.

  接着西南风开始刮起来了。